“Trade War” more than a thousand years ago
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1 Song and Liao Trade War
With the Song and Liao relationship as the background of the times, “Tianlong Ba Bu” is easy to give readers the impression that there is a constant war on the border between the two countries. In fact, since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Liao Kingdom has kept its promise that the two countries have maintained a state of basic peace for more than one hundred years until they are annihilated by the Golden State (so the necessary shackles still have to be played), and the border trade is even more Achieve an unprecedented scale.
Of course, the Song and Liao trades have very different meanings for the two countries. For Liao, trade is a matter of national economy and people’s livelihood, and economic interests are of paramount importance, but the political significance is general, because it can’t really maintain trade, and it is no big deal to use smashing.
For the big Song, the trade volume of Song and Liao is too small, the economic interests are limited, and maintaining peace with trade relations is the key. The northern border trade has existed since ancient times, but the officially dominated trade for political purposes is the first time.
Everyone’s impression of the Song Dynasty is “to save the poor and the weak.” In fact, with the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, I really want to fight, and the consumption also consumes the other side. But the war is really too much money. The wars of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty spent the social wealth accumulated by the “rule of Wenjing” for decades. The expansion of the territory also made the Han Dynasty extremely prosperous. Officials in the Song Dynasty learned the lesson and especially liked to settle accounts. They generally felt that it was better to play a “trade war” than a real knife.
So, the Song and Liao trades have the characteristics of a typical “trade war”. Song wants to use trade to maintain peace, and wants to weaken the strength of the Liao state through trade. It is best to integrate the industrial economy of both sides. , permanently solve the threat of the North.
Developing trade between hostile countries and then “trade war”